{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52735216","dateCreated":"1334085463","smartDate":"Apr 10, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"JillianGutman","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/JillianGutman","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52735216"},"dateDigested":1532760626,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for April 4th ","description":"
\nSummary for April 4th
\nLast weeks class had 3 guest speakers. The first 2 were both children\u2019s book illustrators. Brian Floca and Sophie Blackall spoke about their lives as illustrators and offered advice to the class. Brittany\u2019s class review told of how Brian and Sophie gave advice about finding something you are passionate about and making that into your work. This speaks to me being that I am very passionate about teaching and children and I have been able to blend these together for my work. The third guest speaker is a professor from MIT. He spoke about the Ocean-Hill Brownsville case and NYC education as a whole. Marjorie\u2019s summary told of how the racial dynamics, the civil war played a role, finances and socio-economic status played a role, and the movement for community control. He also touched upon how today we still are facing many of the same issues as we were up against back in the days of Ocean-Hill-Brownsville.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52526520","dateCreated":"1333503343","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"Raradiaz","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Raradiaz","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52526520"},"dateDigested":1532760626,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for March 28th, 2012","description":"Rachel Diaz
\nEdwin Mayorga
\nIntegrating Curricula
\nApril 4th, 2012
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\n Class Summary for March 28th, 2012
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\n Class discussion on Wednesday began with the controversial Trayvon Martin case. The case itself has struck home for me as I feel conflicted in regards to the coverage. I don\u2019t believe there\u2019s an excuse for the shooting of an unarmed 17 year old, especially by a neighborhood watch captain. I\u2019m glad that the case has drawn attention to the racial inequalities that still exist in our society today, but I also feel for Trayvon\u2019s family who must mourn the loss on a daily basis, both in their home and in the media. Using the case as an example, the class analyzed some political cartoons and discussed how they can be incorporated into a lesson.
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\n Along with the political cartoons, discussion, and video, the class participated in a poetry workshop with Kahlil Almustafa! The class browsed through Kahlil\u2019s students\u2019 poetry books before \u201cremixing\u201d a poem. The class read their poems aloud during a share before splitting into groups and selecting a poem to present to the class. While in groups, students discussed what insight the poet gained while writing his poem and the inspiration behind the poem. Shortly after the groups presented their poems to the class.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52424178","dateCreated":"1333323064","smartDate":"Apr 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"RobbieCa","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/RobbieCa","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52424178"},"dateDigested":1532760626,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for 3\/28\/12","description":"I was absent on March 28th so I talked to Marjorie, Katherine and Colleen.
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\nThey said that class began with a discussion concerning the Trayvon Martin Case. Marjorie mentioned that the class then looked at political cartoons. I searched google for political cartoons about the case and the ones I found were very interesting and certainly explain why this tragedy has caused such an uproar. In one cartoon there is a dead body on the ground labeled as Trayvon Martin and Zimmerman above him explaining to the police officer \u201cthis wasn\u2019t about race, I shot because I felt threatened\u2026 Skittles are full of high fructose corn syrup.\u201d The other cartoons cast judgment on the police officers, some the legal system of Florida and one even criticizes the media for putting too much emphasis on the race aspect of this case. I am disappointed that I missed the discussion following the presentation of these cartoons, because I would have loved to hear how my peers would incorporate political cartoons into lessons. I have always thought political cartoons are a great primary source that truly show how a group of people react to the current state of affairs of our country. Whenever I have had history professors in college share political cartoons, I remember the important notes from that lecture well because I was engaged. Those are the sources I always tend to bring into blue book exams during finals because they say so much about history and popular beliefs.
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\nAfter the discussion, the class watched \u201cEyes On The Prize\u201d again. The class watched the clip from last week, which focused on the Oceanhill Brownsville event in Brooklyn. According to wikipedia, the series is fourteen hours long and covers the issue of school integration across the country after Brown v. Board of Education. I think it would be interesting to compare how school integration was dealt with in Brooklyn compared to a different school district.
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\nThen Kahil Almustafa did a poetry workshop. The class read through poetry books made by his students. The class then made a \u201cremix\u201d poem and shared some of the poems. In groups, people selected a poem to share with the class and decided how to present it. During the group discussions, the group talked about what the poet learned in writing the poem, what the writer learns after creating the poem and how and what stood out in the poem. After discussing the poem itself, the groups decided how this poem could have been a product of a lesson as an assessment tool or learning tool. Once the groups were done discussing the lessons and the poems, each group presented.
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\nSorry I missed such an interesting class!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52230072","dateCreated":"1332890289","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"ErinFitz509","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ErinFitz509","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52230072"},"dateDigested":1532760626,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for 3\/21\/12","description":"
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\nI was away on March 21, 2012, so I talked to Rachel Diaz and Richa to find out what I missed in class. Both students said it was an interesting class and I am sorry I missed it!
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\nFirst, the class bought the optional book \u201cGrowing up Hip Hop\u201d by Kahlil Almustafa for $15. Then, the class had an engaging presentation about Goggle. The presenter was Lesly Vincent who is a Goggle Ambassador. He talked about different programs that Goggle has to offer and how future educators can use these programs and features in education and in the classroom. In particular, he talked about using the program, the Cloud, to store all of our information (so it will be safe and secure). Then, the class learned about various other Goggle products.
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\nAfter, the class met with the final project groups (to talk about our Brooklyn Units). Lastly, the class watched a little bit of \u201cEyes on the Prize\u201d which is a documentary on the Civil Rights Movement. In particular, the film focuses on the
\nOceanhill Brownsville event in Brooklyn. In this conflict, there was a conflict between union leaders and neighborhood leaders in Brooklyn. I was interested in learning about this event.
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\nSounds like I missed an interesting and informative class! See you Wednesday!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"50217470","dateCreated":"1328673720","smartDate":"Feb 7, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"chrissiechua","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/chrissiechua","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/50217470"},"dateDigested":1532760627,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for 2\/1","description":"Because I missed class on 2\/1\/12, I asked Marjorie and Richa about what I missed in class. In the beginning of class, the main issue was figuring out a date\/ time for the Brooklyn Public Library trip (which we are now going on 2\/8\/12 @ 4pm). Groups were also discussed for the final project and the final project will be quite similar to last semester's project. Then the class started a discussion about Brooklyn where groups were made and spilt up. Each group filled out a KWL chart about Brooklyn. Afterwards, there was a discussion about the charts and they were posted on the wiki. Then, the class started the collages by reading a story about self-portraits and looking at previous students' self-portrait collages. After, the class started working on their own with the pictures taken the week before and decorating\/ coloring them.
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\n(I missed a fun class.... :()","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"47529738","dateCreated":"1323018399","smartDate":"Dec 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"jmp557","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jmp557","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/47529738"},"dateDigested":1532760627,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary 11\/21\/11","description":"
\nSince I was not feeling well and missed class on November 21st, I spoke with Francessca, Caitlin and Kelly C. to catch me up. They told me that during the first part of the class, the tallies from the Columbus trials were added up to find the averages. They found that most people blamed the system. This was interesting to me because, during the Columbus trials I put the least amount of blame on the system and the most amount of blame on Columbus and his men.
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\nThe next part of class included a discussion on topics from Leon's story. Groups talked about ways of deciding on age appropriate material for young children especially around issues such as death and dying. I am glad that this came up during discussion because I as I was reading Leon's Story, which was written as a children's book, I felt that some parts may have been a little too graphic for young children. Specifically the part when Leon describes the death of his father. I found myself constantly wondering how I would be able to talk about some of the events in Leon's story with young children. While it is important to give your students all of the facts, I also think it is important to consider what is appropriate for their age, so I am glad that raised discussion in class.
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\nThe final part of the class was dedicated to literature circle groups in which my group emailed me all that I missed to keep me up to date.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"46273942","dateCreated":"1321304150","smartDate":"Nov 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"chrissiechua","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/chrissiechua","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/46273942"},"dateDigested":1532760627,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for Missed Class on 11\/7","description":"Because I was absent on 11\/7, I asked Yuri, Richa and Marjorie about what happened in class. From what they described and showed me, we had a brief discussion on the African Burial Ground in which we discussed about our first impressions of the site, and how to implement this field trip in our future classes. Then, the class was given several handouts on the Columbus lesson which included directions for the trial, the trial\/play ("The People vs. Columbus, et al."), a reading Columbus and Native Issues in the Elementary Classroom, and a worksheet that we can implement after the trial("Who Done It?"). The class discussed about the final project on Leowen and each group assigned chapters to read for the following week. At the end of the class, a presentation was presented by Ariane and Ashley about the the excavation of Central Park which they participated in during the summer.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"46172812","dateCreated":"1321156849","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"yuribaughman","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/yuribaughman","imageUrl":"http:\/\/c1.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/46172812"},"dateDigested":1532760627,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary for missed class on 10\/24","description":"I missed class on Monday, October 24th. Since I was unable to attend, I spoke with Ashley, Chrissie, and Martyna to gain a full sense of what was discussed and what went on during class that day. According to all three of them, much of the class was spent discussing the \u201cAlly Spectrum,\u201d and how that affects our perspective towards multiculturalism and societal wrongdoing. The class decided that an ally was someone who \u201cassociates with a group different from their own, has common goals; is a friend, a support system,\u201d and so on. On one side of the spectrum, you have \u201coppression\u201d or inequality, in the middle of the spectrum, you have \u201cneutral\u201d or avoidance, and on the other side of the spectrum, you have \u201cally\u201d or justice. In between those key points, you have oppression, then silence, avoidance, charity, solidarity, and finally justice. After this discussion on the \u201cAlly Spectrum,\u201d the class spoke about their experiences with the history taught to them in high school, in relation to Loewen\u2019s book, Lies My Teacher Told Me. According to my classmates, most people said that they disliked history in school because of how boring it was, how it relied heavily on memorizing dates, and how it focused solely on the past, without making connections to relevant, recent history. Based off of their experiences shared and what was read in Loewen\u2019s book, the class had come to a conclusion that the history taught to students does not connect or relate to their lives, does not teach the truth, and selectively leaves out details and controversies, which makes it all the more important for us, as future educators, to make sure that we change this in our own teaching of social studies and history. The class was then split into small groups to share and respond to each other\u2019s autobiographies, and finally the literature circle groups were formed.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45430718","dateCreated":"1320192431","smartDate":"Nov 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"AshAndo","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AshAndo","imageUrl":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1316883377\/AshAndo-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45430718"},"dateDigested":1532760627,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Halloween Costume Stereotypes","description":"And, yet another article I found! I found this one to be very interesting.
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\nhttp:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/28\/living\/halloween-costume-memes\/index.html?iref=allsearch<\/a>","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"44921550","dateCreated":"1319509305","smartDate":"Oct 24, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"AshAndo","url":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AshAndo","imageUrl":"http:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1316883377\/AshAndo-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"http:\/\/integratingculture-at-nyu.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/44921550"},"dateDigested":1532760627,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"CBS Sunday Morning Segment - \"The Fugees\"","description":"Hey everyone! A friend of mine referred me to this video segment from this weekend's Sunday Morning episode. It's a little over 8 minutes long, but it's an amazing story. Check it out!!
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\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aRhbsjQRNXE<\/a>","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}